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SC declines government's plea on VIP Haj quota
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain the central government's plea to defer its July 23 order , till next year, slashing the dignitaries quota of Haj pilgrims from 2,500 to a mere 300.
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain the central government's plea to defer its July 23 order , till next year, slashing the dignitaries quota of Haj pilgrims from 2,500 to a mere 300.
A bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai refused to entertain the plea by Attorney General G. Vahanvati seeking the deferment of the VIP quota cut order till next year.
"My instruction are to urge the court to postpone by a year the cut in the 2,500 seats earmarked under VIP quota," Vahanvati told the court.
The Attorney General made the plea at the end of the hearing of a batch of petitions by private tour operators, who were seeking to be registered and included for the allocation of Haj pilgrims.
The apex court by its July 23 order reduced the VIP quota for Haj pilgrimage from 2,550 to just 300.
The apex court by the said order had said that the president can recommend 100 pilgrims, the vice-president 75, the prime minister 75 and the external affairs minister 50 pilgrims.
The remaining 2,250 VIP seats will move to the general category.
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